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Time for a Thai Apology

Updated March 13, 2007 12:01 a.m. ET

It turns out we're not the only ones concerned about Thailand's radical statements in the halls of the World Health Organization. The U.S. government has now lodged a formal protest with Bangkok, requesting an apology for Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert's call to seize foreign nationals in the event of an influenza outbreak. The good doctor proposed holding Western tourists hostage until Bangkok received needed flu vaccines.

Dr. Suwit's comments at the WHO's January executive board meeting in Geneva "appear to contravene...